I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Oct 2022
Interview
Round with hiring manager, then a written test, then a panel interview with presentation and then about 5 one to one interviews with members of the larger team, then interview with director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you have a knife of an unknown material, how could you find out what it's made of?
Friendly interview. I felt very welcome and encouraged by the team. There was a presentation held by a manager about the current projects. Technical questions should be easy for someone freshly out of college. They were theoretical.
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla in Aug 2025
Interview
Interviewer seemed friendly, I felt like interview went okay but got instantly rejected right after, The interviewer asked a few basic resume questions (what was your biggest challenge? debugging process?) as well as whiteboarding one of my projects. Some technical questions at the end
The interview process was quite comprehensive and covered a wide range of technical topics. Many of the questions focused on embedded systems, circuit design, and VLSI concepts. There were also some problem-solving scenarios to test analytical thinking.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design a test plan for verifying a new VLSI chip’s functionality?
